Which of the following cannot occur if a population is to maintain an equilibrium of allele frequencies? a. People leave one country and relocate in another. b. A disease wipes out the majority of a herd of deer. c. Members of an Indian tribe allow only the two tallest people in the tribe to marry each spring. d. Large black rats are the preferred males in a population of rats. e. All of these are correct
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